Attachment for lasts



(No Model.)

A. S. TROWBRIDGE.

ATTACHMENT POR LASTS.

Patented Mar. 5

Unirnn rares Artnr @trice AUGUSTUS S. 'llltMYllRlDGM OF llllLliORD, MASSAGElS'll'lTS, ASSIGXOR OF 'l`\V()-'.l`HlRDS 'lO (l-IARLES XY. SHIPPEE, 0F SAME PLACE, AND lVlTililAlll il. DANIELS, (iF BOST, NASSACl-IUSETTS.

ATTACHMENT FOR LASTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,096, dated March 5, 1889.

Application lilcii September 15, 1888. Serial No. 285,473. (No model.)

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS S. ".IROW- BRIDGE, a citizen ot' the AUnited States, residing at Milford, in the county ot lVorcester and State of Illassachnsetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Linin g-Sn pporting rittachments to Forms or Lasts for Shaping the Soles oil Boots orShoes; and I do decla re the following to be a full, clear, and

represented as passiu g through a hole, in the exact description of the invention, such as will last by a screw, c, all as represented in Fig. :2.

enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and ligures of reference marked thereon, which 'form a part ot' this specification.

Figure l denotes a top view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, ot' a form or last for receiving or to enter a boot or shoe, provided with m5' invention, the lining being represented in this iigurein dotted lilies as applied to the points, holders, or catches. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a torni or last provided with my invention, with a shoe applied thereto and to the lining.

My invention consists in providing the surface ot the 'form or last against which the inner solo of a boot or shoe has heretofore .i

been laid when subjected to the beat-ingont process with catches, holders, or points,

said toe portion and secured to the term or The shank of the catch or holder h may be arranged in a groove in and so as to extend a little below the upper surface of the said form or last and secured therein, or one or more catches or points may be lined in the said toe port-ion with the points inclined in a direction toward the toe. Either ol said arrangements will answer the purpose of holding the said lining or cover at its toe. In applying the said lining or cover to the form or last the toe ot` it is first secured to the catch or holder I), then the heel and ball portions of it to the studs o a", (see Fig. 2,) the upper surface ot the said lining or cover having been first coated with a suitable cement. Next. a shoe or boot prepared ready for its sole to be molded or beat out," as it is termed, is ap l plied to the form and pressed into Contact there being a spring-point at the toe to catch i and hold the sock-lining or cover for the inner sole when applied thereto, so that after said lining, with its outer surface coated with cement, is attached to the said catches or points, and the shoe or boot is applied to the form and pressed into contact with the said lining and onto the form or last for the purpose ot shaping the sole and laying the channel, the said lining will at the same time be securely attached to and smoothly laid on the inner sole, and on removal ot the shoe or boot from the form or last, owing to the construction of thc catches, holders, or points, the said lining or inner-sole cover, lirmly adhering to the inner sole of the shoe or boot, will be readily disengaged lrom the said holders or points and otter no resistance to the rtiioval of the Shoe from the fr in or last.

with the said sock-lining or inner-sole cover, and down upon the form. After heilig subjected to the requisite pressure, by raising the heel ot the shoe the. said. lining or cover will easilyY free itself from the studs o a', and in completing the removal ot the shoe from the form or last the toe ot the said lining or cover will be moved awav and treed from the catch h.

By my improvement much time is saved in the aggregate in applying sock-linings or inner-sole covers to the inner soles of boots or slices, as hereinbetore described, over the means previously employed for the purpose, and the said linings or covers can he located in position on the inner sole with greater accn racy, and laid smoothly or with less liabi to Wrinkle than heretofore.

Having described my improvement, what] claim isl. A forni or last to enter a boot or shoe pro-4 2. In combination with a form or last to enter a boot or shoe, the spring toe catch or holder b, having its point inclined forward, and the heel and ball holders or points ct a', for supporting a sock-lining or inner-sole cover while being applied and secured 'to the inner sole of a boot or shoe, substantially as shown and set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 2o presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUSTUS S. TROWBRIDGE.

VitnesseS:

N. B. JOHNSON, NATHL. F. BLAKE.' 

